Species data

Common names

Name:

Trout, rainbow

Family:

Salmon, trouts, chars, graylings and whitefishes

Name:

None

Latin names

Name:

Oncorhynchus mykiss

Family:

Salmonidae

Name:

Salmonoidei

Diseases affected

Disease name	Occurance	Reference
Bacterial Kidney Disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)	Natural occurrence	Atypical BKD predominantly causing ocular and skin lesions. First demonstration of Renibacterium salmoninarum/ BKD in Denmark
Bacterial Kidney Disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)	Experimental demonstration	Histopathology of bacterial kidney disease in laboratory infected rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, and Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., with reference to naturally infected fish.
Bacterial Kidney Disease (Renibacterium salmoninarum)	Natural occurrence	Prevalence of Renibacterium salmoninarum among downstream-migrating salmonids in the Columbia River. World Animal Health in 1997. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
Enteric Septicaemia of Catfish (Edwardsiellosis)	Experimental demonstration	Susceptibility of non-ictalurid fishes to experimental infection with Edwardsiella ictaluri.
Epizootic Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Aquaculture and disease in Australia. OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2005 [8th edition] OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2010 (13th edition) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2011 (Online) OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).
Epizootic Haematopoietic Necrosis	Experimental demonstration	Outbreaks of an EHNV-like iridovirus in cultured rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, in Australia.
Epizootic Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Outbreaks of an EHNV-like iridovirus in cultured rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, in Australia.
Gyrodactylosis (Gyrodactylus salaris)	Experimental demonstration	A review of the inter- and intraspecific variability in salmonid hosts to laboratory infections with Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg. Catching the fish with the worm: A case study on eDNA detection of the monogenean parasite Gyrodactylus salaris and two of its hosts, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Characterisation of a low pathogenic form of Gyrodactylus salaris from rainbow trout.
Gyrodactylosis (Gyrodactylus salaris)	Natural occurrence	Gyrodactylus salaris (Inf. with) - Romania OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2010 (13th edition) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2011 (Online) OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). The Gyrodactylus story in Norway.
HRP-deleted or HPR0 infectious salmon anaemia virus	Natural occurrence	OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2010 (13th edition) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2011 (Online)
HRP-deleted or HPR0 infectious salmon anaemia virus	Experimental demonstration	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).
Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	A hematopoietic virus disease of rainbow trout and sockeye salmon. First evidence of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) in the Netherlands. Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus - Georgia Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus - Italy 2022 Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (Inf. with) - 09/10/23 Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (Inf. with) - 11/12/23 - Italy Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (Inf. with) - 20/10/23 - Italy Infectious Haematopoietic necrosis, Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia [Immediate notification 21/09/20] Infectious haematopoietic necrosis, Italy [Immediate notificaton 06/12/19]
Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis	Experimental demonstration	Infectious hematopoietic necrosis. Insight into infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) in Chinese rainbow trout aquaculture from virus isolated from 7 provinces in 2010–2014
Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2005 [8th edition] OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2010 (13th edition) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2011 (Online) OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).
Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis	Unknown	Phylogeny of the infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus in European aquaculture
Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	World Animal Health in 1996. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods. World Animal Health in 1997. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis	Unknown	Case report: Viral infectious pancreatic necrosis in farmed rainbow trout from Mexico.
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	Distribution of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) based on surveillance programes in freshwater trout farms of Mexico First isolation and identification of the infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) virus from rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss fingerlings farmed in Greece. Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus isolated from farmed rainbow trout and tilapia in Kenya is identical to European isolates.
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis	Experimental demonstration	Isolation and identification of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus from rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). Studies on viral disease of Japanese fishes - I. Infectious pancreatic necrosis of rainbow trout. First isolation from epizootic in Japan.
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis	Carrier not affected	World Animal Health in 1994. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis	Natural occurrence	World Animal Health in 1996. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
Oncorhynchus Masou Virus Disease	Natural occurrence	OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2005 [8th edition] OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).
Oncorhynchus Masou Virus Disease	Experimental demonstration	Studies on a new virus (OMV) From Oncorhynchus masou - I. Characteristics and Pathogenicity.
Piscirickettsiosis	Natural occurrence	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006).
Piscirickettsiosis	Experimental demonstration	The isolation of a rickettsia-like organism causing disease and mortality in Chilean salmonids and its confirmation by Koch's psotulate.
Piscirickettsiosis	Natural occurrence	World Animal Health in 1994. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods. World Animal Health in 1995. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods. World Animal Health in 1996. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Experimental demonstration	Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV) remains viable for several days but at low levels in the water flea Moina macrocopa Introduction of Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Virus into freshwater cultured Rainbow Trout is followed by bursts of adaptive evolution
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Natural occurrence	Occurrence of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia in rainbow trout Salmo gairdneri- Richardson reared in sea-water. OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2005 [8th edition] OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2010 (13th edition) OIE Aquatic Animal Health Code 2011 (Online) OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases (3rd edition). OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition).
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Unknown	Phylogeny of the viral heamorrhagic septicemia virus in European aquaculture
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Natural occurrence	Preparation of fish tissue cultures for virus research. Research on the virus of Egtved disease
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Experimental demonstration	The significance of rainbow trout brain and excretory kidney for the propagation of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) virus.
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Natural occurrence	VHS virus isolated at Makah National Fish Hatchery. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (Inf. with) - 02/11/23 - Italy Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Belgium. Immediate notification 2009. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Italy [Immediate notification 02/12/19] Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Italy [Immediate notification 23/10/20]
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Unknown	Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Romania [Immediate notification 18/11/21] Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Romania: Immediate notification, 18/03/22
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Natural occurrence	Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Slovakia [Immediate notification]
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Experimental demonstration	Viral hemorrhagic septicemia.
Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia	Natural occurrence	Viral hemorrhagic septicemia. World Animal Health in 2002. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods. Page 143 (10).

Countries affected

Country	Reference
Australia	OIE Diagnostic Manual for Aquatic Animal Diseases 2003 (4th edition). OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests for Aquatic Animals (5th edition, 2006). Outbreaks of an EHNV-like iridovirus in cultured rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson, in Australia.
Austria	Diagnose der Infektiösen Hämatopoietischen Nekrose in Österreich, 1994-2014: Unterschiedliche Symptomatik, Inzidenz und Infektiosität des Virus in verschiedenen Fischzell-Linien. Fallbericht und Originalarbeit Infectious haematopoietic necrosis, Austria [Immediate notification 20/05/19 (Final report)]
Belgium	Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (Inf. with) - 09/10/23 Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Belgium. Immediate notification 2009. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Belgium: Immediate notification
Bulgaria	Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Bulgaria: Immediate notification
Chile	Piscirickettsiosis in freshwater. World Animal Health in 1995. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
China (Peoples Rep. of)	An outbreak of infectious haematopietic necrosis virus (IHNV) infection in cultured rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Southwest China
Croatia	First record of infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus in rainbow trout fry in Croatia. Infectious haematopoietic necrosis, Croatia (Immediate notification, 09/07/13 (Final report)) Viral haemorrhagic sepiticaemia, Croatia: [Immediate notification (final report) 09/07/2013]
Czech Republic	Infectious haematopoietic necrosis in the Czech (Republic~)
Denmark	Infectious pancreatic necrosis in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) in Denmark. Parasitic infections in pond-reared rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss in Denmark World Animal Health in 1995. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
Estonia	Infectious haematopoietic necrosis, Estonia [Immediate notification 27/06/18]
Finland	Infectious haematopoietic necrosis, Finland [Immediate notification 01/12/17] Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHS) outbreaks in Finnish-rainbow trout farms. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (VHSV Id) infections are detected more consistently using syndromic vs. active surveillance World Animal Health in 2002. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods. Page 143 (10). World Animal Health in 2003. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and methods for disease control and prevention. Page 157 (11).
France	Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus - France Viral hemorrhagic septicemia.
Georgia	Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus - Georgia
Germany	Atypical BKD predominantly causing ocular and skin lesions.
Greece	First isolation and identification of the infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) virus from rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss fingerlings farmed in Greece.
Iran	Diagnosis of infectious hematopoietic necrosis in rainbow trout hatcheries, Iran. Distribution of Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus (IPNV) in two major rainbow trout fry producing provinces of Iran with respect to clinically infected farms. Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) outbreak in farmed rainbow trout in Iran: Viral isolation, pathological findings, molecular confirmation, and genetic analysis Isolation and identification of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV) from farmed rainbow trout. Multiplex PCR assay for detection of VHSV, IPNV and IHNV in eyed egg, fry and broodstock of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, hatcheries in West Iran. Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region). Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report July - September 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region).
Italy	Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis Virus - Italy 2022 Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (Inf. with) - 11/12/23 - Italy Infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus (Inf. with) - 20/10/23 - Italy Infectious haematopoietic necrosis, Italy [Immediate notification 11/05/18 (Final report)] Infectious haematopoietic necrosis, Italy [Immediate notificaton 06/12/19] Molecular Evolution and Phylogeography of Co-circulating IHNV and VHSV in Italy The first report of Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957 (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) on Italian cultured stocks of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum). Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus (Inf. with) - 02/11/23 - Italy Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Italy [Immediate notification 02/12/19] Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Italy [Immediate notification 23/10/20]
Kenya	Infectious haematopoietic necrosis, Kenya [Immediate notification 29/07/16] Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus isolated from farmed rainbow trout and tilapia in Kenya is identical to European isolates.
Korea, Republic of	Detection of viruses in farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Korea by RT-LAMP assay. Genotyping of Korean isolates of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) based on the glycoprotein gene Quarterly Aquatic Animal Disease Report April - June 2005 (Asian and Pacific Region).
Macedonia (Former Yugoslav Republic of)	Infectious haematopoietic necrosis, Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia [Immediate notification 07/05/18] Infectious haematopoietic necrosis, Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia [Immediate notification 10/08/18] Infectious Haematopoietic necrosis, Former Yug. Rep. of Macedonia [Immediate notification 21/09/20]
Mexico	Case report: Viral infectious pancreatic necrosis in farmed rainbow trout from Mexico. Distribution of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) based on surveillance programes in freshwater trout farms of Mexico
Moldavia, Republic of	Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis, Republic of Moldavia
Netherlands	First evidence of infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) in the Netherlands.
Norway	Characterization of a VHS virus genotype III isolated from rainbow trout (Oncorhychus mykiss) at a marine site on the west coast of Norway.
Poland	The case of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia and infectious haematopoietic necrosis in rainbow trout fry - introduction of RT-PCR technique for the diagnosis of these viruses in Poland
Romania	Gyrodactylus salaris (Inf. with) - Romania Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia virus - Romania Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Romania [Immediate notification 18/11/21] Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Romania: Immediate notification, 18/03/22
Slovakia	Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Slovakia [Immediate notification 20/02/19 (final report)] Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Slovakia [Immediate notification 28/06/17] Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Slovakia [Immediate notification] Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, Slovakia: Immediate notification [Report date 29/02/2016]
Slovenia	Infectious haematopoietic necrosis, Slovenia.
Spain	Epidemiological risk factors affecting the presentation of viral agents in freshwater aquaculture in north-eastern Spain.
Sweden	Infection with Gyrodactylus salaris, Sweden [Immediate notification, Final report 14/08/2015] Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) of salmonids in Swedish fish farms.
Turkey	First report on the diagnosis of infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) based on reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in Turkey. Occurrence and prevalence of infectious pancreatic necrosis virus in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) cultured in cages in the Black Sea.
United Kingdom	Do Imports of Rainbow Trout Carcasses Risk Introducing Viral Haemorrhagic Septicaemia Virus into England and Wales? Infectious pancreatic necrosis in rainbow trout in Scotland. The first report of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia in farmed rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum), in the United Kingdom. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia in the United Kingdom/Great Britain World Animal Health in 1995. Part 1. Reports on the animal health status and disease control methods.
United States of America	Fish viruses: isolation and identification of infectious haematopoietic necrosis in eastern North America. Infectious hematopoietic necrosis.

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